Oudesluis is a village in the Dutch province of

North Holland North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Schagen Schagen () is a city and municipality in the northwestern Netherlands. It is located between Alkmaar and Den Helder, in the region of West Friesland (region), West Friesland and the province of North Holland. It received City rights in the Nethe ...

, and lies about 21 km south of

Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...

. The village was first mentioned around 1660 as Duycker Sluys. The current name means "old

sluice A sluice ( ) is a water channel containing a sluice gate, a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. There are various types of sluice gates, including flap sluice gates and fan gates. Different depths are calculated when design s ...

". Oude (old) has been added after the Wieringerwaard was ''

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrology, hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as levee, dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclamation, Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a ...

''ed to distinguish from Nieuwesluis. Oude Sluis was located on the former

Zuiderzee The Zuiderzee or Zuider Zee (; old spelling ''Zuyderzee'' or ''Zuyder Zee''), historically called Lake Almere and Lake Flevo, was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands. It extended about 100 km (60 miles) inla ...

until 1845. The former Dutch Reformed church was built in 1861, because the old church had been damaged in a storm in 1859. In 1982, the church was sold for ƒ to a foundation and is nowadays used for cultural activities. In 1867, a railway station opened on the

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railway line. It closed in 1949.

Gallery

File:Achtkante grondzeiler van achteren gefotografeerd - AMR Molenfoto - 20539537 - RCE.jpg, Windmill P File:Oudesluis - 2013 - Hervormde kerk-001.JPG, Dutch Reformed church File:Oudesluis (Schagen) NSR 9575 (33124491215).jpg, Train passing by

References

Schagen Populated places in North Holland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub